This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysguide.com.

Nov. 2 and 3, my friend Nelly (CTO, Webgrrls) is organizing TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, a two-day bootcamp to avoid making technology mistakes and inefficient development! 15 percent off with code GG15. And check out Code Coalition’s awesome three-month course for beginners to make iOS apps! $25 off with the code GARYSGUIDE.

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